Definition of running

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Running (a.) Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running..

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Water Cress :: Water cress () A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic..
Otorrh/a :: Otorrh/a (n.) A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge..
Subterfuge :: Subterfluous (a.) Running under or beneath.
Sea Room :: Sea room () Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground..
Conveyor :: Conveyor (n.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope..
Running :: Running (a.) trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse..
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels..
Recurrent :: Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery..
Valley :: Valley (n.) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle..
Shirk :: Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away..
Lope :: Lope (n.) An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps..
Noose :: Noose (n.) A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn..
Countercurrent :: Countercurrent (n.) A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.
Cursive :: Cursive (a.) Running; flowing.
Quilting :: Quilting (n.) The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt..
Vignette :: Vignette (n.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture..
Beslobber :: Beslobber (v. t.) To slobber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise..
Grosgrain :: Grosgrain (a.) Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard..
Sprent :: Sprengel pump () A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator; -- named from the inventor..
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